What AI mining software does
Underneath the marketing, mining software performs concrete jobs:
- Telemetry & monitoring: collects temperature, fan, hashrate, and power data from every machine in real time.
- Optimisation: sets per-chip voltage/frequency curves to minimise joules per terahash.
- Predictive maintenance: flags components likely to fail so they are serviced before downtime.
- Profit-switching: for multi-algorithm hardware, routes hashpower to the best-paying coin/pool net of fees.
- Automation & alerting: executes routine actions and escalates anomalies to human technicians.
What to look for vs what to avoid
| Look for | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Observable decisions and logs | "Black box" that just shows a rising balance |
| Results visible as on-chain payouts | Earnings that only exist in the app |
| Efficiency/uptime metrics (J/TH, %) | Fixed daily percentage "profit" |
| Clear risk disclosure | Guarantees and "risk-free" language |
How this applies to Minevana
Minevana’s dashboard does not show a simulated or auto-growing number: the earnings total is only the sum of payouts the operator has recorded, each with a transaction hash you can check on a block explorer. Minevana has not published efficiency or uptime figures for its machines, so judge it on the payouts that actually reach your wallet.
This is the litmus test for any AI mining software: can the output be verified outside the app? If it cannot, the "AI" is decoration at best.